Month: March 2015

Around forty million people in 7 states use and depend on water from the Colorado River. As a result the Colorado is on the brink of crisis due to overuse and diversion. Reaction to this crisis often focuses on how population centers will respond if the river continues to decline … but what about the […]

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Stories of the River is a new series on KGNU supported by T.E.G highlighting the Colorado river. The first episode looks at the geography of the river, from its origins high up in the Rocky Mountains to the Golf of California where the river no longer reaches due to over use. Hannah Leigh Myers reports. […]

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“This river is a patient on life support.” Gary Wockner, Executive Director of the Save the Colorado River campaign says that we need to pay attention to the health of our rivers, particularly the Colorado River. Wockner says that the Colorado River is severely over-allotted and over taxed with 7 states and a part of Mexico claiming […]